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How to sell a home: Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs), using estate agents, finding a legal professional, getting offers, transferring ownership and making complaints.
Selling a home takes about 5 months on average. The process can take…
If you have a mortgage on the property you’re selling, you’ll need to move…
An Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) tells you how energy efficient a…
You can sell your home yourself or use an online, high street or hybrid…
A legal professional can handle the legal work involved in transferring…
Choosing a buyer Buyers can make offers verbally (over the phone or in…
After you’ve accepted an offer, you’re responsible for drawing up a legal…
You can contact a legal professional if you need help selling a property…
You can make a complaint to a company involved in the sale if you’re…
Your right to buy your council home - including how to apply, who is eligible, discounts available and where to get help and advice.
Right to Buy allows most council tenants to buy their council home at a…
You can get a discount on the market value of your home when you buy it if…
Fill in the Right to Buy application form (RTB1 notice). Send it to your…
If your landlord agrees to sell, their offer will tell you: the price they…
You can appeal to a tribunal if you’re stopped from buying your home…
Your landlord must complete parts of your Right to Buy application within…
If you sell your home within 10 years of buying it through Right to Buy,…
Ask your landlord about Right to Buy. They may also be able to help you…
As a supplier, find out how to work with us. There are various routes you can follow.
The laws on selling, buying and carrying a knife or weapon depend on the type of knife or weapon, your age and your circumstances.
Buy your rented home through the Right to Shared Ownership scheme: who can apply, how to apply, costs, paying rent, buying more shares, repairing and selling your home.
What you need to do to buy, sell or hire out items made of or containing ivory in the UK.
If you already have the right or have probate (as an executor or administrator) you can start dealing with the estate. You may need to apply for the right to deal with the estate of the person who's died (also...
Notify the Treasury Solicitor of a sale by a mortgagee of bona vacantia land.
How to buy a home: preparing to buy, deciding on a home, making offers, conveyancing, paying Stamp Duty Land Tax and making complaints.
Buy your housing association home - including how to apply, who is eligible, discounts available and where to get help and advice.
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